On Wednesday, former President Donald Trump lashed out at Rep. Liz Cheney after the Wyoming Republican condemned him as a “domestic threat” who wants to “unravel the foundations of our constitutional republic” during a speech in New Hampshire earlier this week.
In her speech, Cheney also slammed her fellow Republicans for becoming “willing hostages to an irrational and dangerous man.”
In response, Trump fired off a statement mocking Cheney for her supposedly low approval rating before calling her a “threat to Free and Fair elections” because she rejected his false claim that the 2020 election had been stolen from him.
“With an approval rating at 19% in Wyoming, people are wise to Liz Cheney. She is a threat to Free and Fair elections, which are the cornerstone of our Country, because she caved so easily on the Crime of the Century,” the former president said in a statement shared on Twitter by his spokesperson Liz Harrington.
It’s unclear which poll Trump is referring to with his claim that Cheney’s approval rating sits at 19 percent.
Trump also attacked Cheney for being a member of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of the former president’s supporters.
“Cheney is far more unpopular than her father, who just lost his position as the least popular Vice President in American history to Kamala Harris. Democrats would never put up with a Liz Cheney in their ranks. If we had a Free and Fair media, instead of a corrupt media, those election results would never have been allowed to happen. The proof of irregularities and fraud is massive!,” Trump said, repeating his “Big Lie” about the 2020 election.
Watch Cheney’s speech and Trump’s response below:
.@RepLizCheney: "We are also confronting a domestic threat that we have never faced before; a former president who's attempting to unravel the foundations of our Constitutional Republic…" pic.twitter.com/dqYSwaP4RH
— CSPAN (@cspan) November 9, 2021
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President Donald J. Trump:
"With an approval rating at 19% in Wyoming, people are wise to Liz Cheney. She is a threat to Free and Fair elections, which are the cornerstone of our Country, because she caved so easily on the Crime of the Century. She is happy to join the… pic.twitter.com/tbCLqHRnm1
— Liz Harrington (@realLizUSA) November 10, 2021
